The limestone colonnaded Times Square Theater at 215 W. 42nd is about to be redeveloped into a flagship retail space. Take a look inside before work begins!
MoreCatch the premiere of Against All Odds, a new documentary on the transformation of 42nd St. from the seedy center of the porn industry to a world famous destination.
MoreThe NYC film locations for The Deuce, an HBO series with James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal about Times Square’s porn industry in the early ’70s to mid-’80s.
MoreOn February 11, 1981, the 42nd Street Development Project announced its plan to revitalize seedy Times Square following years or “Moral Reform” to the area.
More8 historic buildings in NYC that were moved from their original locations: AMC Empire Theater, Poe Cottage, Little Red Lighthouse, Buell Hall at Columbia University
MoreNext time you rush through Times Square, look for the inconspicuous entrance to one of the Knickerbocker Hotel’s lower level bars on the Shuttle’s Platform 1.
MoreThe 42nd Street Shuttle has been a testing ground for the MTA, most recently with the full body advertisement takeover. These type of ads were first implemented on buses in 1992.
MoreThe Central Library Plan is set to demolish NYPL’s stacks, making the library a place to socialize, not a place for serious research.
MoreLegend has it that a pair of 19th-century cops were once patrolling a particularly crime-ridden stretch of 39th Street when the rookie remarked, “it’s hot as hell along here,” to which the veteran replied, “it’s hotter than hell, it’s hell’s kitchen.” For years, New York City’s real estate interests have been trying—mostly in vain—to rename Hell’s …
MoreAn underground art scene that is accessible to all New Yorkers? Come and see the top sights on the 7 subway line.
MoreMany things in New York City change, but Manhattanhenge faithfully returns every year.
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